Henry Willoughby Mann (18 July 1873 – 4 October 1952) was an Australian police officer and politician who was a Nationalist Party member of the Legislative Assembly of

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from 1921 to 1933, representing the seat of Perth. Mann was born in

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, to Mary Jane (née Willoughby) and Henry Boar Mann. He came to Western Australia in 1895, and in 1897 joined the

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. By his retirement in 1920, Mann had reached the rank of

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and served as the chief of the Criminal Investigations Branch (CIB). He was very active in the

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community, serving at various points as governor of the

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, president of the

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, president of the

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(a charity group), and chairman of a school for returned soldiers.Henry Willoughby Mann
– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 26 June 2016. At the 1921 state election, Mann won the seat of Perth as a Nationalist candidate, replacing the retiring

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. He was re-elected on another three occasions, but was defeated by the Labor Party's

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at the 1933 election. Mann re-contested Perth at the

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and 1939 elections, but was defeated by Needham on both occasions. In 1940, he stood for the Legislative Council as an

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, but was defeated by

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. Mann died at

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in December 1952, aged 81. He had been hit by a

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earlier in the year, but an inquest found that this had not been the ultimate cause of his death."PUZZLE OF FORMER C.I.B. HEAD'S DEATH"
''

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'', 9 December 1952.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mann, Harry 1873 births 1952 deaths Australian police officers Burials at Karrakatta Cemetery East Perth Football Club administrators Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia People from Victoria (state)